This is the first full-scale and systematic treatment of the interactions of trade and new issues in a globalizing world. It surveys the history of the global trading system and analyzes each of the new trade issues in depth. Then it reviews the rationale for the new round of trade negotiations, highlights divergencies of views, and makes proposals for forging links between trade and new issues.

The Asian Crisis of 1997 presented the international community--not to mention the affected countries--with many new challenges. How to restructure the devastated financial sectors in the crisis countries urgently demands answers. The papers presented here address some of the issues relating to the crisis and, more specifically, to the Korean case.

The papers in this volume overview the patterns of industrial globalization in a select number of industries: electronics, automobiles, heavy industry, and chemicals and pharmaceuticals.

China, Japan, and South Korea constitute one of the most dynamic economic regions in the world, but it is a region where formal regional machinery is yet to be realized. The establishment of an information infrastructure, energy community, and institution for financing infrastructure investment for the region are discussed in this volume.

Presents a collection of authoritative summaries and analyses of the most significant economic policies of the Park Chung Hee years (1961-1979). This volume is the product of a major project by Korean academics and officials to critically review and analyse policies aimed at the economic development and modernization of Korea.